Special Education Services

The Special Education Department is committed to providing a comprehensive and seamless continuum of quality services for students with disabilities that facilitates the students' academic and social/emotional growth.

The Special Education Department also works in conjunction to assess and serve students at other local locations including Piqua Catholic Elementary School, Piqua Seventh Day Adventist School, and Nicholas School.

Who is eligible for special education services?

Special education services are provided to students with disabilities as defined by the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act (IDEIA). Piqua City Schools ensures that a free appropriate public education (FAPE) is made available to our community’s children with disabilities from age three through to adulthood ending at their twenty-second birthday.

“Child with a disability” means a child evaluated in accordance with rule 3301-51-06 of the Administrative Code as having an intellectual disability (mental retardation), a hearing impairment (including deafness), a speech or language impairment, a visual impairment (including blindness), a serious emotional disturbance (referred to in this rule as “emotional disturbance”), an orthopedic impairment, autism, traumatic brain injury, an other health impairment, a specific learning disability, deaf-blindness, a developmental delay (for a child between the ages of 3 and 5), or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services.

What services are available and how are services determined?

These services include integrated preschool programs for children with identified special needs ages 3-5 yrs.; general education teachers working with Intervention Specialists to meet the needs of students kindergarten through grade 12; individual/small group instruction; resource rooms and special classes. Services are based on the individual needs of the student as documented in the Individualized Education Program (IEP).

Other special education related services, such as, occupational therapy, physical therapy, and speech/language therapy, etc. are available based on a student's IEP.

Students who require special programs that are not provided by the Piqua City Schools may attend regional programs such as Miami County Educational Services Center Opportunity School or Social Communication Unit or the Montgomery County Learning Centers, for example.

Special Education Administrative Contact Information:

Board of Education

215 Looney Rd.

Piqua, Ohio 45356

(937) 773-4321

Fax (937) 778-4517

Amy Todd

Director of Special Education

(937) 773- 4321 ext. 6711

Email: todda@piqua.org

Mindy Greggerson

Administrative Assistant/Case Manager

(937) 773-4321 ext. 6701

Email: greggersonm@piqua.org

Lisa Heid

Miami County ESC Supervisor of Special Programs

2000 West Stanfield Rd.

Troy, Ohio 45373

Phone: (937) 339-5100

Fax: (937) 339-3256

Email: lisa.heid@mcapps.org

Heather Lorenzo

Miami County ESC Supervisor of Preschool Programs

2000 West Stanfield Rd.

Troy, Ohio 45373

Phone: (937) 339-5100

Fax: (937) 339-3256

Email: heather.lorenzo@mcapps.org

Piqua City Schools Psychological Services

School psychological services support families, school, and the community in meeting the academic and mental health needs of students.

The school psychologists:

Consult with parents, teachers, and other professionals to promote student well being and achievement.

The Piqua City School District joins districts across Ohio in ongoing efforts to identify, locate and evaluate children from birth to 21 years of age who may have disabilities. Public school districts are responsible for providing a “free and appropriate” public education to any child living in the district – including children with disabilities, regardless of the nature or extent of the disability. If you have a child, or are aware of a child, who may have a disability, you are encouraged to contact the district’s Special Education Department: .Amy Todd, Director of Special Education, at 937-773-4321